Electromagnetic device for distributing-machines.



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` ELECTEOMAENETIG DEVICE POP. DISTEIEUTING MACHINES.

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new and useful Improvementsin Electromagl "neticDevices for Distributin Machines', of which thefollowing is a speci cation. I'L-This invention relates-to an :electromag-y netic device Whichis particularly suitable for vuse in connection withmechanically-operated y .distributing-machinesesuch, forexample, as

y vtype-distrib uting machines and the like.

The'objeazofthiaveneonistoeffectthein; I `stant'an'eou s stoppage at a determined spot of ladistribiltin part (which is moved along by a. contmuous' y'recip`rocating vmechanicaldev1ce); by means ofv an electroma net kwhich is l' normallyenergizedand fromw ich-the curvren'tis suddenly cutoffrwhen' the said spot is reached.;- f` l v .In the accompanying draWingsQFigures 1,

, 2, and '3 illustrate the `principle of vthe 'inven- `tion ',1 "being` aside elevation, '-Fig. 2 af lan, and Fiv 3 a rear elevation, of the same.'

land Fig.` 6 are" detail views in a `lar er scale rom`Fig.'1. `Figsflto 15 illustratet e practical applicationfof` the inventionl and will be more articularlyv referred' to hereinafter. A*

f Re erringirs't to Figslto, 1 represents a distributing part' arranged so as to be' capab'le'of motion alongfa plane ath. 2 is an ele ctromagnet,likewise movab ealjongaplane` *path and ada' ted to .carry .the part 1 along l vs fithit, the e ectroni'agnetf beingA cau'sedbyy mechanicalmeans (such as a driving-shaft 'or fthe like) to travel'to and fr0"'continuouslyz' i 4 i 'part 1 being for this purpose provided With a When energized, the electromagnet 2'moves the part 1 by the attraction of itscore-3,-.the

spring-pressed armature 4,*which isI adapted to be normally attracted vinfopposition to .the action of "thespring bythe core 3 of* the elec-f tromagnet 2 when energizedj Currentma'yfg rbe supplied toy the felectromagnet' from any,

suitable source. For this urpose a contact'-v bar 6,y mountedon the 'sl1deu5oftheelec-k tromagnet, is connected tol one' pole 'of' the source o f'electricity (not shown)v and 1s pro-, vided withfcontact -pieccs` 7, over 'which j slides a current-collectonf, *attachedY to the Y .H "Speciicationof Letters Patent, i ippiicaiiphii1ed Maize, 1904;. sesamo; 268,793.1

Main, Hhenzollernst'rasse 4,':in the Kingdom '-'of'yPrussia,`YGerman'Empire, have invented' a: ,second FRANKFORIaOMHE-MAIN; GERMANY# 5 f March 5 currenttothe source of electricity after iiow#v ingthrough the-'electromagnet the other end ofthe ma netcoil'is'electricallyconnect'ed to l sourcey o felectricity. lThe contact-pieces 7 aremountedon levers 10, Which-are provided Withkeysyof'wh'ich there fare forty-five, ar ranged in threejsuperposed frovvslike the ykeys of`a type-'Writing machine.

Themode of peration'of the above-described selection devicelis as follows: The

electromagnet 2, togetherwithits'carriage 5,

ismoved to and fro continuously along its slide 5** by apivotedrockinglever or equivalent' device vandfis normally maintained in ,10' electricall connection .W1th `the source of current through the mediurn of thecontact-bars The electromagnet 2r thereit be nowvdesire'd to arresti the distributin part 1 atany determined point in the trave of the electroma net, it is only necessary to f strike thatujpartlcular. one of the keys 10 vwhichl corresponds to vthe said determined point'. Bymeans of the saidfkey the corre.

spending* contact 7 is fmoved away from the bar 6, .andjtherefore the current flowing j through'the'electromagnetQ iS out off on the"A electromagnet arrivingat this contact, so

that Vthe'-electromaget being now deprived of current itscore 3 Willr-elease the armature v 4 of thedistributing artl andv thearmature i 4 Will be causedby t e action of its spring t'o move backinto the position ofr'est.y (Shown in 'full lines' inFigs. 1 and 2.)) 'Hence the discorresponding tothe key that was struck,

While the electroma l'net 2` continues its mo-f" tion under the impu se oithe mechanical deroo vice Wherebyitisdriven-` e f he above-described electromagnetic seleGtOn device-may be generallyl em loyedi'n l y vconnectionwith machines for mec anically removing orr distributing small objects.`y

95 i' tributing partremains stationary at the point i shall now proceed to describe more particularly its employment in connection with a type-distributing machine. The object of this arrangement is to enable the distribution to be effectedmechanicall by providing an arrangement of keys (similar to the keyboard of a type-writing machine) for the type-distributing apparatus, the arrangement being such that on depressing a key corresponding to a particular letter of the alphabet the type-galley carrying the line of type to be distributed is mounted to slide upon a bar, along which it is carried by an electromagnet (through which current is flowing) that slides, along another'bar. The galley being suddenly released atvthe spot corresponding to the letter which it is desired to distribute, the type is conveyed, by means of a plunger, through a slot in the galley into the type-chute, which is situated underneath. This improved arrangement'possesses, as compared with otherymachines of its kind, the advantages of great simplicity and certainty in working and of enabling the ordinary printing-types-i. e., types without variable nicks--to be safely distributed, as by this means the risk (which exists in other distributing-machines) of breaking the nicked types .is entirely obviated. Such a t pe-distributing machine is illustrated in Figs. 7 to 15 wherein Fig. 7 is a side elevation showing the general arrangement of the machine. Fig. 8 is a front view of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the type-distributing apparatus; Fig.` 1() shows the device for reversing the motion of the type-galley. Fig. .11 is a front elevation of the type-distributing device. Fig. 12 shows the distributing device in plan, partly broken away. Figs. 13, 14, and 15 show the electromagnetic device forcharging the type-galley with a line of type which it is desired to distribute. 4

For the purpose of mechanically distributing the type after use there is provided above the type-chutes 11 a type-galley 12, Figs. 9, 10, 11, and 12, adapted to receive a line of type and mounted so as to be capable of horizontal movement along a slideway 13 abovethe passages 14 15, leading to the respective type-chutes 11. This type-galley 12 is connected to the electromagnetic selecting device which forms the subject of this invention.

In the set of keys for the distributing apparatus forty-five keys are provided for the orty-ive chutes: All the type of one character are fed into the same chute, there being a separate chute for each of the various characters. A forty-sixth key has for its object to convey into a collecting-passage any types (in the line to be distributed) for which no special type-chutes are provided, while the forty-seventh, forty-eighth, and fort -ninth ke s are provided for the purpose o establis ing electrical contacts, whereby to effect alegres the actuation of the charginr device for the tyIpe-galley 1,2 by means of e ectromaguetica v-operated devices, Figs. 13, 14. v

The charging of the galley is effected as follows: By pressing upon the forty-sixth key the electric circuit in the slide-bar 5", carrying the electromagnet 2, Fig. 11, is interrupted at 16, upon reaching which point the typegalley 12 is suddenly released by the electromagnet 2 in the manner before described. Meanwhile the type-galley has been left eX- actly beneath the matter 17 contained in the locking-frame 23 and which is to be distributed (see Figs. 12 and 14) and which is brought by hand on a table 18, beneath which the type-galley is moved to and fro by the electromagnet 2. Exactly above the galley 12 there is provided in the bottom of the locking-frame a slot which is closed by means of a slide 19, Figs. 13, 14, 15. In order to open the slot, the forty-seventh key is dcpressed, while the forty-sixth key is also depressed at the same time, the effect boing to close the circuit through the electroinagnct 420, whereby the slide 19 isattracted, so as to open the slot in the locking-frame to an extent equalto the width of a line of type. Then by depressing the forty-eighth key the circuit is closedthrough an electromagnet `21, whereby a usher 22 is attracted, so as to ush the said line of type through the openmg in the locking-frame into the type-galley 12, situated underneath. As soon as this 1s done the contact-making keys are released and the parts that were effected by them return to a osition of rest. Compressionsprings 24, Fig. 12, provided in the lockingframe 23, push the remaining lines of type forward to occupy the position which has become vacant.

-Tlie mode of operation of the above-de- .scribed type-distributing apparatus is as follows: For the purpose of distributing the type from the type galley 12 (which is charged as above stated and is carried along by the electromagnet 2, the latter being continually moved to and fro by means of a lever 25, Figs. 7, 8, 9, or any other suitable device actuated from the main driving-shaft of the machine) it is necessary to depress the `key 10 that corresponds to the letter which is to be distributed. By so doing there is produced, by means of the corresponding contact-lever 10, Figs. 1, 6, 9, an interruption of the current flowing through the electromagnet, and consequently the type-galley is released and stopped directly over the typechute corresponding to that letter-that is to say, over the passage 14 or 15, leading to the required type-ohute-and by further depressing the corresponding key 10 the typeetter is pushed by the pusher 26 or 27, F iv. 9, out of the type-galley into the correspond'- ing assage 14 or 15.

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vided, :as shownfin Fig; al'shift-keyv i 28" -WhiChY-'i'swmmon vto alla@ ke Sioifor thepurpose of enablingY the typeiga ley `to be brought according Cto requirement `over the `passages 14 for the lettersr ofthe small alpha-A et or, as indifiated in dottedl lines in .FigfflOy over the passages '1.'5 for-"the. capitals orflet-r4 l teisiof the? large alphabet, it being under# stood ythat a separate chute kis'prcivided 'for each of the various' characters and "that 'all j thevtype of one character arecollected iny .one

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WhatI claim as Anew and` of my invention; .y and desire tol secnreu'by'lietters Patent, is- '1; .Anelectro'm'a fetic selectipnidevice for use 'n `mechanical yfopefrated distributing apparatus 'consisting` 'of an electromagnet`4 Which'is continuously caused'by mechanical 4 rneansto move toand froiu on a slide, and a distributing vpart whichis ikewi'sehmovable to and fro along ar'slide; and is `providedWith -tromagnet when; this latter. is energized or:

a spring-pressed armature, bein'gfattracted or suddenly. released by the. core of the I elec-- kthe magnetizingfcurrentisfinterrupted'. L

- 22 the electromagnetic..selectiondevice for u'sein mechanically-'operated distributing apparatus,A the combination With theelectro-j magnet movableto and-fro `'upon "a slide', and.

the distributing part Which'is'likewise mov- A'able'to androalo'ng a slidefof movableco'nf @tactpie'c'es placed lat intervals along the' ath y y jof the electromagnet,'-acurrentfcollector edto the electromagnetecarriage"and "adapted to make sliding "contact, said. cr'nitact-p; pieces and keys connected ltol the 'respective In the electremagnetic l' for use. in mechanically-operated distributing l apparatus, the combination;.with'thev electro-y y magnet movabletoand fro uponlaslide., and thedistributing: art'whichis li-lfiewis'cv movy able to and froao'ngal slide, of a galley vcon-` n 55111 theel Inte'stimcnymhereof I p nametoithis spe'ccationin the .presence-of taining thematter to be and'hav'- ingmounted on it lthe armati 1re oftheelec-v `45'- Y tromagnet.,l f

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to andfro along a slide, anda galley 'for con*- tainingl a lline-of2typeto be' distributed',` off,k keycontrolled1electromagnetically-operated` j t 55H type 'to' .the galley, said devices kcomprising a` y slide which normally closes la deliveryaper: s :turey inthe'locking frame containing the i matter to be distributed and'isadapted tobe` 1 `r.opened by ,the .action )of ani electromagnet, f

devicesfor effecting; the transfer kof aline of and ofza `sher adapted to be gope'ratedjby f'anthe'r e -ectromagnetsoastocausethelinefl` i y: y fofftypetobe'distributedtopass'through said 'aperturefintolthegalley. I f" A ctromagnetic selectiony device to *andi-fro' a ongfa slide', With a s et' of--keys appropriated toene alpha common to ,all the keyso thevset and adapt-- lated* to anther alphabet; f

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